Generations of Birth: Stories from Our Grandmothers

A Navy Wife’s First Birth: Pain, Fear, and Strength

A Navy Wife’s First Birth: Pain, Fear, and Stre...

I was 18 years old and 3,000 miles away from home with basically no friends and no family. My husband was in the Navy, so I was going through Navy...

A Navy Wife’s First Birth: Pain, Fear, and Stre...

I was 18 years old and 3,000 miles away from home with basically no friends and no family. My husband was in the Navy, so I was going through Navy...

A Grandmother's Birth Story from 1962

A Grandmother's Birth Story from 1962

In 1962, the experience of childbirth was much different from what we know today. For one grandmother, becoming a mother was both exhilarating and terrifying, shaped by a lack of...

A Grandmother's Birth Story from 1962

In 1962, the experience of childbirth was much different from what we know today. For one grandmother, becoming a mother was both exhilarating and terrifying, shaped by a lack of...

Generations of Birth: Stories from Our Grandmothers | Introduction

Generations of Birth: Stories from Our Grandmot...

As society continues to shift and evolve, and as science and research expand our understanding, the landscape of becoming a mother has drastically changed over the past 100 years. Yet...

Generations of Birth: Stories from Our Grandmot...

As society continues to shift and evolve, and as science and research expand our understanding, the landscape of becoming a mother has drastically changed over the past 100 years. Yet...